New Research Report From National Diet Library (Japan): “The Great East Japan Earthquake and Libraries”
This is the just released English translation of “The Great East Japan Earthquake and Libraries” report from the National Diet Library in Japan.
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Using “the Great East Japan Earthquake” and “libraries” as two pivotal keywords, this report organizes reference information and studies as comprehensively as possible information related to the earthquake and libraries, as well as incidents occurring at library facilities due to the earthquake. It is hoped that future users may utilize this report as documented material for reading, by librarians as a reference tool for consultation, and by researchers as base research material.
Complete English Translation (52 pages; PDF)
The English translation is Chapter 9 of the full report in Japanese.
News Release (3 pages; PDF)
Filed under: Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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